Gilbert
Burns is remaining positive on the heels of his fourth
consecutive loss under the
Ultimate Fighting Championship banner.
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Burns suffered a first-round technical knockout loss to Michael
Morales in the UFC
Vegas 106 headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday
night. “Durinho” never really got going, as he was overwhelmed by
the punching power of his younger opponent. While the Brazilian
jiu-jitsu black belt was was able to get Morales to the canvas, he
was unable to keep him their to implement his trademark
grappling.
The 38-year-old
Kill Cliff FC representative reacted to the defeat in a
statement on his Instagram page.
“Thankful for this journey! I’m still super blessed! Off course
wasn’t the outcome I was looking forward to l, especially for this
one I work extremely hard, who saw, saw, but it’s the fight game
and it’s life!” Burns wrote. “Congrats to [Michael
Morales] wishing you and your team all the success! That’s is
it no sad stories! Grateful for this beautiful journey and for all
the lessons! God is good all the time! All honors, praise and glory
are given to him in a win or defeat!”
Burns won six consecutive fights from 2018 to 2020, earning a title
shot against then champion Kamaru
Usman at UFC 258, where he suffered a third-round technical
knockout loss. He’s gone 3-5 since then and has dropped successive
fights against Belal
Muhammad, Jack
Della Maddalena, Sean Brady
and Michael
Morales.